From 6bf3b3c4649b6e97269df596f200cce9a58d7cc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric=20Guillot?= <f@miniflux.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:35:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(version): allow build info to be set with LDFLAGS and
 fallback to VCS metadata when available

---
 internal/version/version.go | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
index 9bd8f3c8..4af4eea5 100644
--- a/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import (
 	"runtime/debug"
 )
 
-// Variables populated at build time.
+// Variables populated at build time when using LD_FLAGS.
 var (
-	Version   = "Development Version"
-	Commit    = getCommit()
-	BuildDate = getBuildDate()
+	Version   = ""
+	Commit    = ""
+	BuildDate = ""
 )
 
 func getCommit() string {
@@ -38,3 +38,17 @@ func getBuildDate() string {
 	}
 	return "Unknown (built outside VCS)"
 }
+
+// Populate build information from VCS metadata if LDFLAGS are not set.
+// Falls back to values from the Go module's build info when available.
+func init() {
+	if Version == "" {
+		Version = "Development Version"
+	}
+	if Commit == "" {
+		Commit = getCommit()
+	}
+	if BuildDate == "" {
+		BuildDate = getBuildDate()
+	}
+}